Economic analysis of alternative flood control measures

A Framework for Flood Risk Analysis and Benefit Assessment of Flood Control Measures in Urban Areas

Flood risk analysis is more complex in urban areas than that in rural areas because of their closely packed buildings, different kinds of land uses, and large number of flood control works and drainage systems. The purpose of this paper is to propose a practical framework for flood risk analysis and benefit assessment of flood control measures in urban areas. Based on the concept of disaster ri...

Economic Evaluation of Multifunctional Plots of Flood and Sediment Control in Khuzestan Province

Increasing population and consequently demand for water needs, food supplies are among the limitations that the current world faces. The existence of such a process with limited natural resources needs to improve the optimal and continuous exploitation of available resources. Watershed management is one of the suitable ways to meet nutritional needs and prevent economic consequences. It is impo...

Alternative Approaches to Flood Control: The Case of Bangladesh

This paper offers a critique of the cordon approach to flood control that Bangladesh has been pursuing for several decades now. It shows how this approach fails to solve the flood problem, deprives the flood plains from benefits of regular river-inundation, creates a risky situation for the inhabitants inside cordons, brings in new problems of drainage and sanitation, and leads to huge waste of...

Analysis of Alternative Procedures for the Evaluation of I Agricultural Flood Control Benefits

Analysis of Economic Loss of Flood Victim Broiler Farms

The present study was carried out to investigate the economic loss of flood victim broiler farms and also to explore the relationship between various independent variables with economic loss of flood victim broiler farms (dependent variable). The independent variables were considered as education, family size, occupation, farm size, feed sources, types of vaccine and medicine used and marketing...